Lee's Tavern

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 29, 2025
• address60 Hancock Street, Brooklyn 11216
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7186679749

Is Lee's Tavern clean?

Lee's Tavern is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 29, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Lee's Tavern?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Thawing procedure improper.

When was Lee's Tavern last inspected?

Lee's Tavern has 3 inspections on record going back to November 14, 2022, averaging 7 points.

Lee's Tavern vs Bedford

Bedford runs 79% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 141 clean, 13 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in Bedford, this one comes out cleaner than 60% of them.

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How New York grades restaurants

New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.

Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.